Art Education Student Teaching Practicum

Catalog description

A ED 495A A ED 495A Art Education Student Teaching Practicum (7) The Pittsburgh-based elementary or middle-level field experience fulfills the student teaching requirement for Pennsylvania certification to teach art in elementary and secondary schools. It is offered each semester, and student teachers are placed through the School District University. Collaborative in Pittsburgh Public Schools. An on-site Art Education faculty Supervisor supervises students. Assignments, required seminars, and professional development activities meet the teaching prerequisites outlined by NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) and the Standards for Pre-Service Teachers in Urban Education. Experiences and assignments provide evidence in each of the four domains for teacher preparation: Domain A - Planning and Preparing for Student Learning, Domain B - Teaching, Domain C - Analyzing Student Learning and Inquiring into Teaching, and Domain D - Fulfilling Professional Responsibilities. The work completed in this course (a digital and/or paper-based portfolio, and documented performance-based assessment of teaching as assessed by the university supervisor and mentor teachers/clinical instructors) will demonstrate fulfillment of the teaching/domain standards. The outcome of this work is to produce multiple experiences that support professional and personal development while preparing students for upcoming positions teaching art in multiple public and private contexts at both elementary and secondary levels. At the culmination of the student teaching semester, students will have both practical and theoretical understandings in addition to materials for application within the classroom.